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Posted on 08/07/2007 7:52:15 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
Sing hey! for the bath at close of day
That washes the weary mud away!
A loon is he that will not sing:
O! Water Hot is anoble thing!
O! Sweet is the sound of falling rain.
and the brook that leaps from hill to plain;
but better than rain or rippling streams
is Water Hot that smokes and steams.
O! Water cold we may pour at need
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack,
and Water Hot poured down the back.
O! Water is fair that leaps on high
in a fountain white beneath the sky;
but never did fountain sound so sweet
as splashing Hot Water with my feet!
mmmmm...Maker’s Mark...
Indeed.
We had ribs and chicken and mashed taters and such for lunch. Mmmm...free lunch...
And now I’m trying to ‘splain to Internet Explorer that it doesn’t *have* to mangle any tables I feed it. It isn’t altogether listening, however. It’s almost as deef as Microsoft Word. Word and I almost never agree on formatting issues.
I rather like my typewriter...
You know, my character is writing from the back porch on an old Smith-Corona typewriter. There was a 1950-ish model on Craigslist last week. I almost bought it.
If it was cheap, I probably woulda bought it. ;-) I have no self-control where old writing instruments are concerned. And Smith-Coronas are about the easiest ones to find ribbons and that for. They don't die.
I wouldn't mind having a '50s era Smith-Corona. Like this one:
Maybe one a bit older, even.
I have something like that around someplace.
[Sip]
Evenin folkses...
[Sip]
Juror ping. Trial is full steam ahead. Fascinating. Like watching CSI except its the live stage version.
So wassup?
All home from parts east?
~snif~
I never get to go anywhere...
And nobody even sends you fish.
We would have brought you a fish from Japan but you’re not allowed to bring them back.
After all this time, excuses like that ring pretty hollow...
I’m home! Trying to get settled today... laundry and stalls and such. And my honey’s working late my first night home! :~o
Looking forward to hearing about the trial when it’s over. :~)
I think you need a bigger rock for that. THere have been cases of ones that big hitting things and they don't do enough to take out a building that size. Google some meteor impacts. Make it the size of a clothes washer and blow the place up.
Nah, it only needs to be softball-sized ... it hit a gas line. Ka-blooey!
Ok, I have to get my house back together, write my term paper, and try to finish my plot. In one week.
AND the local SF con is the first weekend of November and AnimeIowa is having a staff meeting at that con so we can’t skip. And we’ll probably have house guests that weekend too.
At least I’m excited about my story.
Incidentally, before the 50s, they were called Coronas rather than Smith-Coronas, though most say “L.C. Smith and Corona Typewriters, Inc.” on them somewhere.
In case you need that for story purposes...
I’ll shut up now. ;-)
Hello...? Ive not been on any there and back journey, but my its been a long time...
LOL......Good Deal !
My old Compaq Presario 1250xl laptop was recently recycled due it’s age , worn out keyboard (most of the letters are worn off.....(thanks for typing class ) .....30GB HD and 512 memory etc etc .....
Formated the hard drive and loaded Linux Ubuntu clean w/ open office .......the system is screaming fast !
Nothing slows that old machine down.
Great surfin the net and basic office documents that work fine w/ my M$ Word documents at work......
But was a great reason to go buy myself a new HP Pavilion dv6436nr entertainment laptop .......and a 250GB Western Digital Passport External HD which makes for great travel package.......
Gun & Computer Pron !......Whoooo Hoooo !
Yes it has! How have you been?
Can someone please tell me why the H*ll I did that?!
WHADDAMI GONNA DO?????
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